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I am a Christian, husband and father.
I am senior pastor of Berwick Anglican Church, in the south eastern growth corridor of Melbourne. I am ordained in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne.
I studied theology at Ridley Melbourne.
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Peter Bolt – Living With The Underworld
It’s good. Recommend to anyone concerned about deliverance or spiritual warfare. Not a bad introduction to the Christian worldview for the stock Western materialist. A quote on deliverance ministries toward the end: The New Testament gives absolutely no encouragement to … Continue reading
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Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian throws away medal in Olympic hissy fit – Telegraph
Class! Abrahamian took the medal from around his neck during the medal ceremony, stepped from the podium and dropped it in the middle of the mat before storming off. Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian throws away medal in Olympic hissy fit … Continue reading
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DEEWR – Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
What does the creation of this mega federal department say about our view of education in Australia? State education seems to naturally shackle the search for truth and meaning into being simply preparation for being a good worker-consumer. The Department … Continue reading
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Honoring Men
Today I give honor to the great Aussie men who served in the Vietnam war. Over 500 did not make it back and many lives have been broken and lost upon return. No returning soldier ever deserves to be treated … Continue reading
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Medicare, not medikill (Make A Stand)
Why would you want to encourage or legalise murder? Abortion for convenience is wrong. Sex has consequences. On 17 September 2008, Senator Guy Barnett (Liberal, Tas) will move a disallowance motion in the Senate seeking to tip the balance of … Continue reading
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the drum on the corner
the drum on the corner Originally uploaded by smellimelle Doncaster’s new temple. Pretty nice actually.
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The Preaching Notes Series Introduction (Josh Harris)
This is a wonderful idea, sharing actual preachers notes to see how they tick. There are many misunderstandings about how to make full-text manuscripts work. One neglected issue is a proper understanding of how to lay out and present the … Continue reading
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A Beautiful Wife #4 – Marriage Vows
I really enjoy preparing couples for marriage. I hope you could any of the couples I have prepared for marriage what the main thing I taught them was, and they would answer: “the significance of your marriage vows and promises”. … Continue reading
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A Beautiful Wife #3 – Laughter and Shared Story
One of the joys of marriage is the laughter. For me one of the great joys of life is making my wife laugh. Thank you, Helen, for laughing at my jokes. Even more so, my wife is a great listener … Continue reading
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A Beautiful Wife #2
I have a beautifully loyal wife. She respects and upholds me in private and in public, when we are together and when she is apart from me. My wife and I achieve great things, we are a great team. I … Continue reading
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A Beautiful Wife
I have a beautiful wife for so many reasons. Here is one small but symbolic example. In our household chocolate is a very important treasure. Often I have wolfed down my weeks quota whereas Helen is pacing her share out … Continue reading
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Department of Health & Ageing -Marriage Increases Life Expectancy
Just at the age when people start giving up on their marriage promises in droves, is the age at which there are marked health benefits for sticking to your marriage. If you are struggling in your marriage – do everything … Continue reading
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Facebook Friends
I have two types of facebook friends: 1) those I’m interested in their status updates 2) those good acquaintances for whom I’d like to see their profile/photos/posts/groups, but DON’T want to hear their status updates I’m now only adding friends … Continue reading
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When Google Owns You
If Google disabled my accounts I would be in some trouble. I have all my google email backed up, I just pop3 it to my desktop mail client. I would lose all my GTD “next action” lists which are stored … Continue reading
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Based on…
“Based on a Christian worldview” claims the latest marriage/parenting/Christian education/church leadership curriculum. And it is about as accurate as the latest Hollywood movie that begins with “Based on a true story…” You can’t “base” something on Jesus Christ, and never … Continue reading
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Love, Sex, Relationships – HTD 6pm Service 2008
This was a great series at Holy Trinity Doncaster 6pm service: 2008 – 06L – 29-06-08 PM – Love is…… – Jordan Hitchcock – 1 Corinthians 13 v1-13.mp3 2008 – 07 – 06-07-08 PM – The Single Issue – Denise … Continue reading
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After struggle with affluenza come intimations of morality | The Australian
I have lots of respect for this Clive Hamilton. But, for all of Affluenza’s brilliance as a cultural and economic study into Australian greed, the weakest parts of the book are the “solution” chapters at the end. You can’t blame … Continue reading
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Queenscliff Pier
Queenscliff Pier Originally uploaded by Luka Skracic We are going to Pt Lonsdale at the end of August. Feeling really tired at the moment, been a long year without a break. Only going there for a week but we can’t … Continue reading
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